WAAA - We Are All Africans

S4E7 07. Abdel Queta Tavares Trusts the Red Hat

Abdel means servant of God in Arabic. Abel is the name on his Portuguese papers. Keita (Queta) carries the weight of the thirteenth-century Mali Empire. Tavares is what colonisation left behind. He…

S4E6 06. Katia Dansoko Touré : Je viens de tout l'Atlantique noir

Katia Dansoko Touré est journaliste à Libération, collaboratrice de Jazz Magazine, et romancière. Son premier roman, La Solitude des notes bleues, est paru en février 2025 aux éditions JC…

05. Rebeca Omordia Knows the Music Was Already Inside Her

Her name is inherited, given by a father who named her after the aunt who raised him. Omordia is her grandfather's name. She carries both. Born in Romania to a Nigerian father and trained as a…

04. Ami Yerewolo: Je suis qui, quand je suis seule ?

Ami Yerewolo est une artiste et rappeuse malienne. Dans cet épisode, elle revient sur une enfance marquée par une éducation exigeante, où l’on apprend très tôt la discipline, la responsabilité et le…

S4E3 03. Remy Ngamije Believes Curiosity Is a Survival Skill

In Kinyarwanda, Ngamije describes someone who sees something on the horizon and begins the journey toward it. Born in Rwanda and raised across Kenya and Namibia, Remy grew up with movement as a…

S4E2 02. Ahamada Smis : raconter les Comores pour retrouver ses origines

Ahamada est né aux Comores. Il a grandi en France en pensant connaître son histoire, jusqu’au jour où il réalise qu’il ne la connaît presque pas. Ahamada Smis est un artiste, musicien et conteur…

S4E1 01. Buhle Ngaba Was Told Her Name Was Too Difficult

Buhle means beautiful. She grew up being told it was too difficult to pronounce. Buhle Ngaba is a South African actor, playwright and storyteller. In this conversation, she speaks about growing up in…

S3E10 10. Uche Udekwe, The Mind of God

In this episode, Nigerian guest Uche Udekwe shares his journey navigating his Igbo heritage while growing up in Yoruba-dominated Lagos and later living in Hausa-speaking northern Nigeria. Uche…

S3E9 09. Victoria Sackey, Finding my Voice

In this intimate conversation, Victoria Sackey shares her journey as a Ghanaian woman from the Fante ethnic group. Victoria opens up about her sheltered childhood due to health challenges, her…

S3E8 08. Mariama Djobarteh, The Keeper of Sacred Fire

Mariama Djobarteh shares her compelling journey from Gambia to building a life abroad while honoring her cultural heritage. This intimate conversation explores the meaning behind her family name, the…

S3E19 06. Kerim Youba, The Chameleon

Meet Kerim Youba, a self-described "cultural chameleon" from Mauritania who speaks six languages and bridges multiple worlds. Born to a Togolese father and Fulani mother, Kerim shares his fascinating…

S3E18 05. Balkissa Daoura, La rebelle enracinée

Dans cet épisode, découvrez Balkissa Daoura, une femme nigérienne qui redéfinit ce que signifie être une femme Hausa moderne. Environnementaliste passionnée et gardienne des traditions, elle nous…

S3E4 04. Kaata Minah, Defiant

Meet Kaata Minah, a fearless voice from Sierra Leone who embodies both resistance and connection. Named after her defiant grandmother, she navigates multiple worlds: crossing borders from Nigeria to…

S3E3 03. Potoyodi-Atom Bobozi, Tombé du Ciel

Dans cet épisode, plongez dans le parcours d'un homme togolais qui défie les conventions. De son enfance dans une famille polygame de 24 enfants à ses combats pour une vision plus égalitaire du…

S3E2 02.Tiguem Poudiougo, Le Dogon aux multiples langues

Découvrez le parcours de Tiguem, un homme Dogon, qui partage son histoire personnelle, ses racines culturelles et l'héritage de son peuple. Dans cet épisode, il nous plonge au cœur de la cosmogonie…

S3E1 01. Fenny Taylor, The Radical Thinker

She is from Liberia. Fenny knows how to tell stories. She draws you in and makes you feel the love her mother gave her, the love she gives her son, the love she has for her country, and how she freed…

S2E8 08. Hermes Iyele, Nonconformist

S2E7 07. Fabrice Guené, Determiné

"Je pense que si nous voulons que la situation change, si nous voulons que la situation se stabilise, si nous voulons véritablement arriver à amorcer un réel développement, à le maintenir juste à…

S2E16 06. Desta Haile, Multihyphenate

“ Being African what does it mean? It’s family, it’s history, it’s strength, it’s pride, it’s creativity, it’s resilience, it’s love, it’s food, it’s sharing, it’s togetherness…”

S2E5 05. Sharonda Quainoo, Ashanti and Fante First

"I feel at the most more Ashanti or Fante than Ghanaian and then African but being African, I don't know sometimes!"